THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 3, 1921
TRACTOR COURSES
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE STUDENTS LEARN TRACTOR AND TRUCK OPERATION
AND REPAIR. ,
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S TO SUHV
Extension Classes Announced
Present Snakeup inevitable
and WIN Be Beneficial.
by Agricultural College.
ATTENDANCE TO BE BIG
VOGLER BACK FROM EAST
President of Northwest Auto Com
pany, on Trip to Factories
Studies Conditions.
Opportunity Given for Instruction
Through Intensive Courses
Starting Tomorrow.
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hie
Two special courses in farm
mechanics for men who are desirous
of learning tractor and truck opera
tion In the field, but have only a
limited time for Instruction, have
been announced by the farm mechani
department of the Oregon Agricul
tural college. The two course, on
running for three months and th
other for two weeks, will begin to
morrow at Corvallls.
The courses, which are designed
for farmers, city men and any others
outside the class of the regular
college student, will take up th
principle of the gas engine, with
certain amount of study relative tA
the theories of construction and
operation, practical repair work and
actual tractor and truck farm work
In the field.
The longer course which will run
for a period of 12 weeks, will be
quite complete, while the shorter
course of two weeks, mainly fo
farmers who cannot take more than
that length of thne away from thej
fields, will be intensive, practical and
will "hit the high spots" only. Fo
the longer course a considerable
number of the students are expected
to come from Portland, but the
students of the shorter course will
be farmers of Corvallls and vicinity,
It Is expected.
The longer course was offered last
year at this time and proved un
usually successful, with a big attend
ance. Applications for the two
courses this year have been poarlng
In to date and both classes are ex
pected to be filled to capacity.
These two extension courses are
In adalitron to the regular classes for
the students In farm mechanics. This
branch of agricultural training Is
rapidly becoming one of the most
popular at the Corvallls Institution,
and where there were & few doxen
students In 1914 or 1915 there are
over COO taking the work this year.
This Is In spite of the fact that It
la elective rather than required.
The farm mechanics department la
beaded by W. J. Gilmore. who 1
assisted by A. E. Brandt and A. El
Jensen.
USE MAT
MOTORCTOLES
Two-Wheeled Car Plays Big Part
In Curbing Speeding.
That the motorcycle Is playing a
leading part in the curtailment of
recklessness and speed on our high
ways is reflected in the fact that the
number of these machines in use by
traffic Dolice is constantly on the in
crease. New York city stands tore-
most in numbers of motorcycles In
use for the purpose and its force 0
"speed cops" baa recently been aug
mented by the addition of 41 new
machines. The Metropolitan district
police of Boston, Mass., have likewise
added 15 new two-wheeled mounts to
their force of traffic law enforcers.
Other Cities throughout the United
States and Europe have followed suit
In rapid succession. The first motor
cycle police in the history of Stock
holm, Sweden, were recently organ
ised and equipped with four new ma
chines. Europe has been slow to Lake
advantage of the motorcycle mounted
police idea, largely because the mo
torcycles made there do not compare
favorably In their speed capabilities
with the European cars. American
motorcycles are doing much to
change this condition and motorcycle
police forces patterned after those
In the United States are gradually
being organised there.
ROAD IMPROVEMENT HELD IT
BY MlblMlERSTAXDIXG.
Paring of Important Section of
Highway Within City Limits Not
Yet Provided For.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Jan. 1. (Spe
cial.) A peculiar road situation ex
ists at Coquille, where there Is a
lt80-foot extension of the county
highway. The latter is being paved
between Marshfield and the county
seat. No provision has been made In
any state or county plans for paving
that extension of 1680 feet and it ap
pears that the matter will be one
that eventually will Interfere with
the connections of the coast highway.
Leaving such a stretch without pav
ing would detract greatly from the
service the highway would give, fot
in the winter season it would not
furnish good travel conditions. This
road lies within the city limits of Co
quille and the city, believing when
tbe good roads bond issue went
through that the plans .would Include
this, spent S60&0 in making a fill for
roadbed.
The city now refuses to do the
paving, the county refuses and th
state plans do not include It. The
highway is still unfinished, however,
and probably will not be completed
before some time In February, if
then.
Two stretches are under construc
tion, but rain has fallen so steadily
this fall an winter that work could
not be prosecuted excepting at short
intervals and there are still four mile
of the 18 to finish.
OVER MILLION FORDS IN 102 0
Programme for Coming Year Calls
for Million and Qaarter.
On December 1 Ford production
bounded over the million mark for
the year. Midnight saw the figure at
1.005. 015. the day's run having been
41J4, according to a statement re
ceived at the local Ford branch.
Ford officials say that more cars
were produced during the last three
months than any quarter of the year,
notwithstanding the fact that there
were fewer production days. While
the figures for November and Decem
ber will be lower than those of Oc
tober, which was a record-breaking
month, the average daily output will
be greater.
The stlmated production for next
year Is based on the output capacity
of 1,250,000 cars and trucks. Tbe
Ford plant closed for Its annual in
ventory between December 24 and
January 3.
Two scenes of farm mechanics claa
a at Corvallls, where students are given practical Instruction with excel
lent equipment with which to work.
ADVERTISING OLCBS OF
WORLD ISSUE STATEMENT.
Vigilance Committee Reports That
Rebuilt Tires and "Seconds"
May Be of Little Value.
Practices employed by cut-price
dealers In the marketing of rebuilt
tires and factory 'seconds' have long
deceived the buying public, injured
the tire industry and thrown many
honejt dealers Into ill repute," states
a report from the Associated Adver-
Islng Clubs of the world, commeni-
inir upon a bulletin which was Issued
after an exhaustive study of the situ
ation by Its national vigilance committee.
Unscrupulous dealers Intentionally
leave out of their advertising the
facts which would correctly Inform
he nubile of the true character or
the tires which they offer for sale."
says the vigilance committee. "While
the tires are legitimate products
ithin themselves and fill a real
need, the misrepresentations under
which they are sold constitute a se
rious menace."
The committee of the advertising
clubs holds that two classes of tires
rebuilt or reconstructed tires and
factory "seconds" particularly give
rise to misrepresentation, and states:
"Unreliable dealers commonly call re
built tires "double treads," yet few
readers know that instead of mean
ing as extra thickness of tread, which
the name implies, it Is in reality a
second-hand tire, remade by cutting
old. worn casings and sewing to
gether the less worn parts."
"It is untruthfully claimed that
these tires are free from punctures
or rim cuts," contends the committee,
"and to heighten the impression that
these are unusually safe, a reliner,
supposed to prevent blowouts, is
given away free with each tire. A
reliner, however, is false security,
because dependable tires do not need
them and they only mean Increased
fabric, which produces friction, and
friction causes blowouts.
"All tires which are defective in
workmanship or materials are re
jected by some ' manufacturers and
called "seconds." 'These do not carry
the manufacturer's guaranty and are
disposed of through dealers handling
that class of goods. The very fact
that they have been rejected makes .
them unfit to be sold in competition
with first-class stock, unless the
buyer Is fully Informed of the exact
character of the product which he is
getting.
"Guaranties of exceptional mileage
are Invariably made for rebuilt and
'second' tires, but these are merely
the dealer's own promises and are
often misleading because he simply
offers to replace a tire which does
not give the specified mileage with
another tire of the same sort at half
price. This sounds fair, but experi
ence has proved it to be otherwise.
Elementary arithmetic will show the
cost of mileage upon such a basis to
be enormous if the tires blow up in
a few hundred miles, which they
often do."
"Comparing the price of rebuilt or
"second" tires to the price of standard
first-quality tires of known and meri
torious makes Is another common and
deceptive practice which many deal
ers follow," says the vigilance com
mittee. "It Is a falsehood to claim
that rebuilt or "second" tires are sell
ing at large reductions from 'list'
price. Such tires have no list price
and have never had one. They sell
for whatever they will bring and
generally that Is every bit of what
they are worth in the market."
"The $1 tire sale," according to the
committee, "Is another means of mis
representation. In these sales the
customer Is given an additional tire
for ti provided he first purchases
one tire at the full 'list' price. In
every Instance two tires must be pur
chased and in no case is a single tire
really sold for 1. The use of the
deceptive 'list price," plus $1, gives
the seller a good price for each tire."
The national vigilance committee
of the advertising clubs urges that
"nsere of tires should rarefullv scru- '
tinlse the advertising of all cut-rate
dealers, remembering that even in
these days of readjustment claims of
enormous savings are suspicious in
themselves. When tires are offered
at 40 to 75 per cent ieEs than usual
they may be worth no more than the
cut price asked for them."
4-WHEEL HUE FEATURE
DCESEN.BERG STRAIGHT EIGHT
IS LIKE RACING CARS.
in their right sense Is going to both
er with a car that is locked when
right around the corner he can find
one without the sign of a lock on It.
Thieves aren't looking for extra work
any more than honest men are. Put
a good lock on your car and the
chances are 99 out of a hundred that
it will never be tampered with, unless
you Insist on giving the thieves such
an opening that their self-respect
won't allow them to neglect It."
Road Signs on Lincoln Highway.
Approximately 2CO0 standard signs
have been placed along the Lincoln
highway from the Delaware river at
the New Jersey-Pennsylvania state
line to the Missouri river, separating
Council Bluffs, la., and Omaha, Neb.
The road crew spent four months
covering a total of 1300 miles placing
the markers.
The automobile manufacturers who
saw far enough into the future to
realize that a declining market was
inevitable and that there were likely
to be contractions in the values of
Inventories and built up strong finan
cial reserves to meet possible con
tingencies are the ones who are going
to weather the present slump in busi
ness and be the leaders in their re
spective classes of cars when condi
tions get back to normal.
Th' is the belief of Fred W. Vog
ler, president of the. Northwest Auto
coirfpany, who has Just returned after
spending three weeks with factory
connections In the east and discussing
the future of the industry with the
biggest men in it.
Those organizations which have
withstood the present period of re
action and readjustment without ef
fecting their solvency are reorgaiv
izing and establishing themselves for
the large volume of business which
is bound to develop In the coming
years, si.ys Mr. vogler. Tt Is an
admitted fact that competition will
be keen. It is also true that with
the increased efficiency of labor and
a minimum labor turnover that it
will be an easy matter to build bet
ter cars, even though the prices may
not be effected downward to a mate
rial extent during the next few years
Everywhere I found men very op
timistic end they realize that the
present trend of affairs is necessary
and vital to our future development
They realize that the present period
of readjusUnent was not only neces
sary but inevitable and that the
sooner we have gone through It the
better It will be for everybody con
cerned.
'After tandncr with our factory
connections In Detroit, Lansing and
Flint, Mich.; In Indianapolis and
Akron, and hearing the stories of
these large manufacturing concerns
In meeting the problems of readjust
ment as they came up, I cannot help
but marvel at the rapidity and ease
with wlhch these tremendous prob
lems have been met and the very
satisfactory way In which they have
been worked out. Of course, a great
many small concerns with lack of
financial support have been compelled
to put up the shutters to keep the
sheriff from looking in, but these
organizations comprise only a minor
portion of the automobile Industry.
vv e have every reason to believe.
said Mr. Vogler, "that Improved bust-
is conditions are ahead of us.
There is even considerable dlscusssion
throughout the country to the effect
that next spring will find a shortage
of cars rather than an over-supply.
As a matter of fact, production has
been cut 4000 cars a day and this
means approximately 100,000 cars a
month. When you curtail production
to this extent and this condition pre
vails for a very long period of time
It is not difficult to anticipate what
the situation will be when buying
starts a srain.
"Although this Is my 19th trip to
eastern factories, I have never found
eastern business men and manufact
urers so interested in Portland as
on this trip. They are particularly
mpressel with the financial stability
of the city in the present period of
so-called depression and are convinced
that Portland has a very promising
future ahead of It."
For the month of September Ger
many sent to Great Britain 416 com
pletely equipped commercial motor
vehicles.
Checking System on Wheels Is
Hydraullcally Operated and
Embodies Other Principles.
Some of the most interesting engi
neering features developed In racing
cars are incorporated in a new American-built
automobile which was re
cently displayed at the New York
salon. This car, the Duesenberg
straight eight, has a single-block
vertical eight-cylinder engine and hy
draullcally operated four-wheel
brakes. The principles It embodies
were worked out during the war by
the well-known racing car designers.
Duesenberg Brothers, of Elizabeth,
N. J., and have been demonstrated in
a practical way by the Duesenberg
racing cars
As the eight-cylinder engine has a
bore of 2 and a stroke of five
incbes, it is as compact as most sixes,
the overall length of the cylinder
block being only SO Incbes, the an
nouncement states. An overhead cam
shaft actuates the valves, which are
Inclined in the cylinder head. Alumi
num is used whenever practical to re
duce weight.
The four-wheel braking system is
particularly interesting, as it is un
derstood to be the first example of a
construction of this kind on a stock
American "car. When the pedal is ap
plied oil Is forced from a master cyl
inder, on the central cross member
of the frame, through distributing
lines to an actuating piston and cyl
inder unit on the expanding sectors
of each individual brake. The oil lead
to each front-wheel brake Is machined
in the axle forging and taken through
the steering pivot. This eliminates
all connections and Joints.
When the pedal Is released the re
turn springs withdraw the sectors
from the brake drums. In the event
of a highly Improbable leakage or
breakage in any one of the oil lines
leading to the Individual brakes a
floating piston valve instantly closes
the opening to that line, thus pre
venting loss of oil and keeping the
other brakes In operation. The Due
senberg Automobile & Motors Co.,
Inc., will start quantity production of
these cars at its Indianapolis plant
early in March or April.
LOCKS SAFEGUARD MOTORS
Thief Won't Bother Locked Car;
Too Many Others Handy.
"Any man who owns a motor ear
can make it practically tbief proof
by the use of a really efficient lock,"
ays an old motor thief, In aa ac
count in an eastern paper.
"You hear great tales of automo
bile thieves who can pick any lock
that ever was made, and probably
a lot of them can, but none of them
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